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Quantitative Analysis of LGBTQ People with Experience and Interest in Assisted
Reproductive Technology

H. Fujii, K. Fuse, and S. Kasmano 2
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Global Nursing, Otemae University, Japan, and Department of Information Collection and Analysis,
1 2
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Background: In recent years, Japan has witnessed a significant increase in homosexual, bisexual,
and transgender people having children and forming families. Some of these couples may have used
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) to conceive children.

Objective: Our study quantitatively investigated trends among homosexuals, bisexuals, and so on in
terms of their experiences and interest in in-vitro fertilization and microinsemination at medical
institutions in Japan.

Methods: The researchers used and analyzed data from an online survey conducted in March 2023
targeting 6,300 people aged 18 to 69 who were registered with an online research. These subjects
were grouped together according to their sex and age so that the groups resemble the same
proportion as the basic resident register population in 2020, and 4,919 responses were used for
tabulation, excluding those deemed to be insincere especially SOGI items.

Results: 140 individuals identified as lesbian/Gay or Bisexuals; LGB, constituting 2.8% of the overall
sample. Timing methods and ovulation induction were employed by 7.7% of women and 3.0% of men,
encompassing 5.7% of individuals who identified as LGB.

Artificial insemination conducted at medical institutions category included 3.3% of respondents who
identified as LGB.
Oral Presentation Abstracts
Instances of sperm/egg donation from the private accounted for 1.4% identified as LGB. Regarding in vitro
fertilization and micro insemination rate was 2.7% for all women and 3.3% for LB women. Therefore, the
results clarified that some patients undergoing ART have a homosexual or bisexual orientation. Compared
to the overall population, fewer homosexual or bisexual individuals had experienced artificial insemination
at hospitals. In Japan, forming a family through ART is essentially limited to those in a heterosexual, so
homosexual or bisexual individuals had relatively more experiences with self-insemination.

Conclusion: From the results of this study, it is clear that there are a certain number of homosexual or
bisexual individuals who have taken actions to have children.

Keywords: LGBTQ, sexual minority, ART

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Correspondence: Hiromi Fujii, Global Nursing, Otemae University, Japan
E-mail: fujiihir@otemae.ac.jp

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